Privacy Policy

The Israeli Investors Forum “The Israeli Investors Forum”, “we” is committed to maintaining the privacy of its users (“user”, “you”). The following information describes how the Israeli Investors Forum collects and processes information about you when you use our website (the “Website”).

Our privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) explains:

What information we collect and why we collect it
How we use that information
Your rights with regard to the collection of such information

By using our Website, you agree to this Privacy Policy.

General

The Israeli Investors Forum is designed to connect investors interested in investing in early-stage startups across various sectors. The Israeli Investors Forum allows its members to build an investment portfolio tailored to their preferences. The website enables it users to register as investors or startups (“Services”).

Collecting Information

Please note that the scope of this Privacy Policy is limited only to information collected by the Israeli Investors Forum through your use of its Website. Some information may be automatically collected, and some is collected when you interact with our Website. The type of information that may be automatically collected is non-personal information, which includes your session durations, the content you accessed on the Website, the frequency and scope of your use of the Website and information about your computer and internet connection including the operating system you use and browser type.

Information from which you can be personally identified may also be collected, including but not limited to your name, email address, the name of the company or investment fund you are associated with, job title and the location of the computer through which you used the Website (hereinafter: “Personal Information”). Personal Information shall be collected only if received voluntarily from you, including, without limitation, via the following ways:

If you wish to register to the Israeli Investors Forum as an investor, we will collect your Personal Information such as your name, email address, phone number, ID number, your job title and other information.

If you wish to register to the Israeli Investors Forum as a strat-up, we will collect your Personal Information such as your name, name of the company you are associated with and your job title and other information.

Use of Information

We use Personal Information we collect from you for a range of different business purposes according to different legal bases of processing. We may use or process your Personal Information for the following purposes. One or more purposes may apply simultaneously.

Providing the Requested Services

We collect Personal Information listed in Sections a-b above, to provide you with the Website you contracted to utilize.
Such collection of information will enable us to provide you with technical and professional assistance, with regard our Website.

We process the Personal Information where it is necessary for the adequate performance of the contract regarding the provision of the Website to you.

Improvement and Development of the Services

We collect Personal Information to improve and develop our Website and understand feedback on the Israeli Investors Forum’s Services and Website and to help provide more information on the use of the Website quickly and easily.
We collect Personal Information for ongoing review and improvement of the information provided on our Website to ensure it is user friendly.
We collect Personal Information to improve the management and administration of our business and maintain compliancy with our internal policies and procedures.
We conduct surveys and research, test features in development, and analyze the information we have to evaluate and improve our Services, develop new features, and conduct audits and troubleshooting activities.

We process this information in light of our legitimate interest in improving the Website and Services, to allow our users to have the best experience.

Maintain a Safe and Secure Environment

We may use your information to detect and prevent fraud, abuse and security incidents in the following ways:

Verify and authenticate your identity and prevent unauthorized or illegal activity;
Enhance the safety and security of our Website;
Conduct security investigations and risk assessments;
Prevent or take action against activities that are, or may be, in breach of our terms of service or applicable law.

We process this information in light of our legitimate interest in improving our Website and enabling our users to browse in a secure environment.

Disclosure of Information and Transfer of Data

We reasonably attempt to ensure that we never intentionally disclose any of your Personal Information, to any third party without having received your permission, except as provided for herein and in this Privacy Policy or otherwise as permitted or required under law.

In order to provide the Services, we may share your Personal Information with other users (investors/ start-ups). In addition, in order to perform our contractual and other legal responsibilities or purposes, we may, from time to time, need to share your Personal Information with third parties. We may as well share your Personal Information with our affiliates, subsidiaries or any third party service providers and individuals to facilitate our Website or any portion thereof, such as marketing, data management or maintenance services. We may also share your information with analytics service providers for analytics services. Such analytics service providers set their own cookies or other identifiers on your computer, through which they can collect information about your usage of our Website. This helps us compile aggregated statistics about the effectiveness of our Website.

The above mentioned third parties may be located in countries other than your own, and we may send them information we receive. When such third party service providers process your Personal Information on our behalf, we will assure that they comply with obligations similar to those which are set forth in this Privacy Policy. We will also assure that they will abide by our data privacy and security requirements, and will be allowed to use the Personal Information solely for the purposes we set. We will transfer your Personal Information while using appropriate and suitable safeguards, while using a variety of legal mechanisms, including contracts, to ensure your rights and protections travel with your data.

We may also transfer your information, including Personal Information, in connection with a corporate merger, consolidation, the sale of related assets or corporate division or other fundamental corporate changes. Furthermore, information about you may also be released in order to comply with any valid legal obligation or inquiry or process such as a search warrant, subpoena, statute or court order. We will also release specific information in special cases, such as if you use the Website to perform an unlawful act or omission or take any act or omission that may damage the Israeli Investors Forum, its property and goodwill, or if there is an attempted breach of the security of the Website or a physical or property threat to you or others. The authority supervising such activities is the Israeli Privacy Protection Authority, and you have the right to file a complaint to it or any other relevant supervisory authority.

Your Rights

You have the right at any time to request to access or modify your information. To exercise these options, please contact us at admin@investors-forum.com.

In some jurisdictions, in particular those located within the European Union (the “EU”) or within the European Economic Area (the “EEA”) or if the Privacy Protection Regulations (Provisions Regarding Information Transferred to Israel from the European Economic Area), 5783-2023 apply to you, you may be afforded specific rights regarding your Personal Information. Subject to such eligibility, you may have the following rights to:

Request a rectification of your Personal Information where the information we hold about you is incorrect or incomplete.
Object to the processing of your Personal Information for direct marketing purposes.
Object to the processing of your Personal Information where our legal basis for that processing is that such processing is necessary for our legitimate interests.
Object to an automated decision-making (including profiling) in certain circumstances.
Request the erasure of your Personal Information in certain circumstances, such as where processing is no longer necessary for the purpose it was originally collected for, and there is no compelling reason for us to continue to process or store it;
Receive your Personal Information, or ask us to transfer it to another organization that you have provided to us, which we process by automated means, where our processing is either based on your consent or is necessary for the performance of a contract with you.

If you wish to file a request regarding any of the above, you may contact us at: admin@investors-forum.com.

Notice to California Residents

This section is designated for California residents and is provided under the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (“California Privacy Laws”). It explains your privacy rights, provides “notice at collection”, and provides certain mandated disclosures about how we handle your Personal Information. This section uses certain terms that have the meanings given to them by the California Privacy Laws, unless otherwise specified. Please note that some of the disclosure obligations required under the California Privacy Laws are satisfied within other sections of this Privacy Policy.

The California Privacy Laws permit some users to request to exercise certain rights. If these rights are applicable to you, you are afforded with the following rights:

Right of access

You can request the Israeli Investors Forum for certain information about our practices with respect to your Personal Information. In particular, you can request to receive information on the following:

The categories and specific pieces of your Personal Information that we have collected.
The categories of sources from which we collected your Personal Information.
The business or commercial purposes for which we collected or share your Personal Information.
The categories of third parties with which we shared your Personal Information.

Right to Opt Out of Sale of your Personal Information

You can be rest assured that we do not sell your Personal Information.

Right to Limit Use and Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information

We do not share sensitive Personal Information for cross-context behavioral advertising and we do not sell sensitive Personal Information.

Exercising your California Law Rights

Please note that we will be required to verify your identity and request before an action is taken to exercise your rights. As a part of this process, government identification may be required. Moreover, you may designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf. We make our best efforts to respond to a verifiable consumer request within 45 days of its receipt. If we require more time (up to 90 days), we will inform you of the reason and extension period in writing. Any disclosures we provide, will only cover the 12 months period preceding your verifiable request’s receipt. If, for some reason, we cannot reply within such time frame, our response will include an explanation for our inability to comply. If you wish to exercise your California Privacy Laws rights, please contact us at: admin@investors-forum.com

Right of No Retaliation Following Opt-Out or Exercise of your Rights

If you choose to exercise your rights, we will not charge you different prices or provide different quality of our Services, unless those differences are related to your provision of your Personal Information. We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your rights and unless permitted by the California Privacy Laws, we will not:

Deny you goods or services.
Charge you different prices or rates for goods or services, including through granting discounts or other benefits, or imposing penalties.
Provide you with a different level or quality of goods or services.
Suggest that you may receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or services.

Cookies

We may use “cookies” and/or other technologies or files (collectively, “cookies”) to identify how visitors make use of this Website. This aggregated tracking information may be used to help us improve and enhance the Website experience for all of our visitors. In addition, cookies are used for adjusting the Website to your personal preferences. Cookies contain information such as the pages you visited, the length of time you stayed on the Website, the location from which you accessed the Website and more. If you would prefer not to have cookies stored on your computer, you may modify your browser settings to reject most cookies, or manually remove cookies that have been placed on your computer. However, by rejecting the cookies, you may be unable to fully access the offerings on this Website. To find out more about cookies, visit www.allaboutcookies.org

Opt In or Opt Out

You are always in control of your data, and if you choose to receive information from us, or others, you can change your mind later. If, at any time, you would like to stop receiving such information or opt out of a feature, you may notify us by writing to admin@investors-forum.com. You should be aware, however, that it is not always possible to completely remove or modify information in our databases and servers, although we will always make reasonable efforts to do so upon your request.

Links to Other Websites

This Website may provide links to other websites. Please be aware that these other websites are not covered by our Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy does not cover the information practices exercised by other providers of products or services, advertisers or other websites, companies or individuals, which are not owned or controlled by the Israeli Investors Forum. We suggest that when linking to another website, you always read that website’s privacy policy before volunteering any personally identifiable information.

Data Security

We deploy industry standard measures to ensure the security, confidentiality, integrity and availability of the Personal Information we process. We maintain physical, technical and administrative safeguards, and test and update these periodically. We endeavor to restrict access to Personal Information on a ’need to know’ basis for the provision of Website to you. No such measures are perfect or impenetrable. In the event of a security breach, we will take all reasonable action to minimize any harm. Although we will do our best to protect Personal Information, we cannot guarantee the security of data transmitted to us and transmission is at the user’s own risk.

Data Retention

Generally, the Israeli Investors Forum does not retain information longer than necessary to provide its Website and for its reasonable business and lawful needs. If you withdraw your consent to us processing your Personal Information, we will erase your Personal Information from our systems, unless the Personal Information is required for the Israeli Investors Forum to establish, exercise or defend against legal claims or it is necessary for the provision of the Website.

Children’s Privacy

The Website is not intended for children under the age of 18. We do not, knowingly or intentionally, collect information about children who are under 18 years of age.

IF YOU ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 18 YOU MAY NOT USE THE WEBSITE, UNLESS PARENTAL CONSENT IS PROVIDED ACCORDINGLY.

Questions Regarding Our Privacy Policy

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or the practices described above, you are always welcome to contact us at admin@investors-forum.com

Revisions and Modifications to our Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to revise, amend, or modify this Privacy Policy at any time. When changing the policy, we will update this posting accordingly. Please review this Privacy Policy often so that you will remain updated regarding our current policies.

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

This Privacy Policy will be governed and interpreted pursuant to the laws of the State of Israel without giving effect to its choice of law rules. You expressly agree that the exclusive jurisdiction for any claim or action arising out of or relating to this Privacy Policy shall be submitted to the competent courts in Tel Aviv, Israel, to the exclusion of any other jurisdiction.

This page was updated on September, 2024.

Terms of Use

These Terms of Use (these "Terms") shall govern your ("You" or "Your") access and use of the website located at https://www.investors-forum.com (the "Website"), an online resource for information related to The Israeli Investors Forum ("We" or "The Israeli Investors Forum") activities, products and services. By using or accessing the Website, you agree to be bound by these Terms.

You agree that we may change any part of the Website, including its content, at any time or discontinue the Website or any part thereof for any reason, without notice to you and without liability. You declare that by acceptance of these Terms and/or by using the Website, you are of legal age to form a binding contract with The Israeli Investors Forum. If you agree to be bound by these Terms on behalf of your employer or other entity, you represent and warrant that you have full legal authority to bind your employer or such entity to these Terms. If you do not have the requisite authority, you may not accept these Terms or use the Website on behalf of your employer or other entity. You may not use the Website and may not accept these Terms if you are a person barred from using the Website under the laws of the country in which you are a resident or from which you use the Website.

We may, in our sole discretion, refuse to offer our services to any person or entity. We further may, without notice and in our sole discretion, terminate your right to use the Website, or any portion thereof, and block or prevent your future access to and use of the Website or any portion thereof.

If you violate these Terms, The Israeli Investors Forum reserves the right to issue you a warning regarding the violation or to immediately terminate or suspend your use of the Website. You agree that The Israeli Investors Forum does not need to provide you notice before terminating or suspending your use of the Website, but it may provide such notice in its sole discretion.

Grant of License

Subject to your agreement and compliance with these Terms, The Israeli Investors Forum grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable, limited scope license to use the Website. Use of the Website shall be solely for your own private purposes and for no other purpose whatsoever. You hereby acknowledge that your license to use the Website is limited by these Terms, and if you violate or if, at any point, you do not agree to any of these Terms, your license to use the Website shall immediately terminate, and you shall immediately refrain from using the Website. If the Website or any part thereof is determined to be illegal under the laws of the country in which you are situated, you shall not be granted any license to use the Website and must refrain from using the Website.

Our Website is made available for personal and non-commercial use only. Therefore, you are not allowed to resell, deep-link, use, copy, monitor (e.g., spider, scrape), display, download, reproduce, or use crawlers, robots, data mining or extraction tools of any type in connection with any content or information, software, products or services available through our Website for any commercial or competitive activity or purpose.

Access to the Website

It is your responsibility to ensure your computer or mobile device meets all the necessary technical specifications to enable you to access and use the Website. The Israeli Investors Forum does not provide you with the equipment to access and/or use our Website. The Israeli Investors Forum cannot guarantee that the Website will always function without disruptions, delays, or errors. Several factors may impact the quality of your communications and use of the Website and may fail your communications, including, without limitation, your local network, firewall, your internet service provider, the public internet, and your power supply. The Israeli Investors Forum takes no responsibility for any disruption, interruption, or delay caused by any failure or inadequacy in any of these items or any other items over which we have no control. You are responsible for all fees charged by third parties related to your access and use of the Website (e.g., charges by internet service providers or air time charges).

Account Information

Your use of the Website may require the creation of an account ("Account"). During the process of creating an Account, you may be required to insert your E-mail address and choose a password to enable your future login to the Website ("Login Information"). The following rules govern the security of your Account and Login information. For the purposes of these Terms, references to Account and Login information shall include any account and account information, including user names, passwords, or security questions created for the purpose of using the Website.

You shall not share your Account or Login Information, nor let anyone else access your Account or do anything else that might jeopardize the security of your Account.
In the event you become aware of or reasonably suspect any breach of security, including, without limitation, any loss, theft, or unauthorized disclosure of your Login Information or unauthorized access to your Account, you must immediately notify The Israeli Investors Forum and modify your Login Information;
You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the Login Information, and you will be responsible for all uses of your Login Information, including purchases, whether or not authorized by you;
You are responsible for anything that happens through your Account, whether or not such actions were taken by you, including, for the avoidance of doubt, actions taken by third parties. You, therefore, acknowledge that your Account may be terminated if someone else uses it to engage in any activity that violates these Terms or is otherwise improper or illegal;
You undertake to monitor your Account and restrict use by any individual barred from accepting these Terms and/or accessing or using the Website under the provisions listed herein or any applicable law. You shall accept full responsibility for any unauthorized use of the Website by any of the above-mentioned and
The Israeli Investors Forum reserves the right to remove or reclaim any usernames at any time and for any reason, including but not limited to claims by a third party that a username violates such third party's rights.

Account Termination

The Israeli Investors Forum may refuse access to the Website or may terminate your Account without notice for any reason, including, but not limited to, a suspected violation of these Terms, illegal or improper use of your Account, or illegal or improper use of the Website, or The Israeli Investors Forum's intellectual property as determined by The Israeli Investors Forum in its sole discretion. You may lose your user name as a result of Account termination without responsibility on the part of The Israeli Investors Forum for any damage that may result from the foregoing. If you have more than one Account, The Israeli Investors Forum may terminate all of your Accounts.

User Content

You agree that any content published by you through the Website is done so through the use of technology and tools provided by The Israeli Investors Forum. You agree that you are publishing such content willingly, and you represent that you own such content or have received the necessary authorizations from third parties, that you have all rights to publish said content, and that publishing of the content by you complies with all applicable laws. You grant The Israeli Investors Forum the right to act as an agent on your behalf as the Website's operator.

The Israeli Investors Forum does not claim ownership of any videos, data, text, graphics, photographs, or any other content, and their selection and arrangement, provided or uploaded to the Website by any user (the "User Content"). However, by sending and/or creating User Content and/or using the Website you automatically grant The Israeli Investors Forum a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual license of all worldwide rights to share, use, edit, modify, include, incorporate, adapt, record and reproduce such User Content, including, without limitation, all trademarks associated therewith, in any manner whatsoever, in or out of context, in all languages, in all media now known or hereafter created for the purposes set forth in the Website and/or these Terms, including for the avoidance of doubt commercial, non-commercial and/or promotional use by The Israeli Investors Forum associating such User Content with your user information, user name and/or profile picture. The Israeli Investors Forum may retain any raw material that you submit and make internal use of such material, including for testing purposes. You hereby agree that any of The Israeli Investors Forum’s users may view and use the User Content. You may request that The Israeli Investors Forum delete and make no further use of such material by contacting us at eti.mitrany@investors-forum.com.

The Israeli Investors Forum may or may not regulate User Content and provides no representations or guarantees regarding the accuracy, quality, or integrity of any User Content posted via the Website. It is hereby clarified with respect to User Content that: (a) The Israeli Investors Forum has no obligation to review User Content. Opinions expressed in the User Content are not necessarily the opinion of The Israeli Investors Forum. (b) The Israeli Investors Forum is not obligated to backup any User Content, and User Content may be deleted at any time. You are solely responsible for creating backup copies of your User Content if you desire.

By using the Website, you acknowledge and accept that you may be exposed to material you find offensive or objectionable. You agree that The Israeli Investors Forum will not under any circumstances be responsible or liable for any User Content, including, but not limited to, errors in any User Content or any loss or damage incurred by use of the User Content or for any failure to or delay in removing User Content. The Israeli Investors Forum reserves the right (but shall at no time be obligated) to, in its sole discretion, remove, block, edit, move, disable, or permanently delete User Content from the Website with or without notice for any reason whatsoever. You hereby agree that, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, The Israeli Investors Forum shall at no time be responsible or held liable for the removal, modification, or blocking of material or User Content that may be considered offensive and shall at no time be obligated to effect such removal other than under applicable law.

Rules of Conduct and Usage

You represent and warrant that you have full right and authority to use the Website and to be bound by these Terms. You agree that you will comply fully with these Terms and all applicable domestic and international laws, regulations, statutes, and ordinances that govern your use of the Website and/or the transmission of technical data exported from the country in which you reside. Without limiting the foregoing and in recognition of the global nature of the Internet, you agree to comply with all local and international rules regarding online conduct. You also agree to comply with all applicable laws affecting the transmission of content or the privacy of persons.

You undertake that you shall not defraud, or attempt to defraud, The Israeli Investors Forum or other users, and that you shall not act in bad faith in your use of the Website. If The Israeli Investors Forum determines that you have acted in bad faith and/or in violation of these Terms, or if The Israeli Investors Forum determines that your actions fall outside of reasonable community standards, The Israeli Investors Forum may, at its sole discretion, prohibit you from using the Website. You agree that your use of the Website shall be lawful and that you will comply with the usage rules. In furtherance of the foregoing, and as an example and not as a limitation, you agree that you shall not:

Access the Website if you are barred under the provisions of these Terms or any applicable law;
Promote, host or display the Website on any websites that: (i) contain indecent, obscene or pornographic material, hate speech, highly explosive subject matter (as determined by The Israeli Investors Forum at its sole discretion), defamatory, libelous, obscene, gambling-related, discriminatory, deceptive, abusive spyware, adware, or other malicious programs or code, unsolicited mass distribution of email, or any illegal subject matter or activities or otherwise offensive content, or content addressed to individuals under the age of 18; (ii) incorporate any materials that infringe or assists others to infringe on any copyright, trademark or other intellectual property rights; (iii) are an incentive-based website, such as a lottery or sweepstakes site which rewards users for clicking on links; (iv) engage in activities that violate The Israeli Investors Forum's Privacy Policy; (v) openly encourage users to click on banner ads or other sponsored links to support the Website; or (vi) infringe any right of any third party or violate any applicable law or regulation;
Upload, post, transmit, or otherwise disseminate any material that is vulgar, indecent, obscene, pornographic, sexual, or that is, in a reasonable person's view, otherwise offensive or objectionable;
Libel, ridicule, defame, mock, stalk, intimidate, threaten, harass, or abuse anyone hatefully, racially, ethnically or in any other manner;
Copy, rent, lease, sell, transfer, assign, sublicense, disassemble, reverse engineer, or decompile (except if expressly authorized by The Israeli Investors Forum or by applicable statutory law), modify or alter any part of the Website;
Upload or transmit (or attempt to upload or transmit) files that contain viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, corrupted files or data, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of the Website or the computers of other users of the Website;
Advertise, solicit, or transmit any commercial advertisements, including chain letters, junk e-mail, or repetitive messages (spim or spam) to anyone;
Violate the contractual, personal, intellectual property or other rights of any party, including by using, uploading, transmitting, distributing, or otherwise making available any information or material made available through the Website in any manner that infringes any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, or other right of any party (including rights of privacy or publicity);
Create false personas and multiple identities; use bots or other automated software programs to defraud or otherwise violate these Terms and/or the terms of service of any third-party applications or social networks through which the Website is accessed;
Attempt to obtain passwords or other private information from other members, including personally identifiable information (whether in text, image, or video form), identification documents, or financial information;
Upload or transmit (or attempt to upload or to transmit), without The Israeli Investors Forum's express consent, any material that acts as a passive or active information collection or transmission mechanism, including, without limitation, clear graphics interchange formats ("gifs"), 1x1 pixels, web bugs, cookies or other similar devices (sometimes referred to as "spyware", "passive collection mechanisms" or "pcms");
Improperly use support channels or complaint buttons to make false reports to The Israeli Investors Forum;
Develop and distribute "auto" software programs, "macro" software programs, or other "cheat utility" software programs or applications;
Encourage any third party to (i) directly or indirectly generate usage, queries, impressions, or clicks through any automated, deceptive, fraudulent, or other invalid means; (ii) edit or modify any tag, or remove, obscure, or minimize any tag in any way; or (iii) engage in any action or practice that reflects poorly on The Israeli Investors Forum or otherwise disparages or devalues The Israeli Investors Forum’s reputation or goodwill;
Make representations with respect to The Israeli Investors Forum not approved in advance and in writing by The Israeli Investors Forum. You shall obtain The Israeli Investors Forum’s prior written approval to the content of any marketing message and with respect to any use of The Israeli Investors Forum’s trade name and/or trademarks and/or designs in connection with the Website;
Engage in any fraudulent activity with respect to payment methods or advertiser tracking mechanisms;
Violate any applicable laws or regulations, or encourage or promote any illegal activity including, but not limited to, copyright infringement, trademark infringement, defamation, invasion of privacy, identity theft, hacking, cracking or distribution of counterfeit software, or cheats or hacks for the Website;
Attempt to use the Website on or through any service that is not authorized by The Israeli Investors Forum. Any such use is at your own risk and may subject you to additional or different terms. The Israeli Investors Forum takes no responsibility for your use of the Website through any service that is not authorized by it;
Attempt to interfere with, hack into, or decipher any transmissions to or from the servers for the Website; and/or
Interfere with the ability of others to enjoy using the Website, including disruption, overburden, or aid the disruption or overburdening of the Website’s servers, or take actions that interfere with or materially increase the cost to provide the Website for the enjoyment of all its users.

Intellectual Property Ownership

Without derogating from any other terms herein, The Israeli Investors Forum and/or its affiliates retain all rights in the Website and its materials (including, but not limited to, applications, software, designs, graphics, texts, information, pictures, video, sound, music, and other files, and their selection and arrangement) (collectively, "Website Materials"). The entire contents of the Website are protected by applicable copyright, trade dress, patent, and trademark laws, international conventions, and other laws protecting intellectual property and related proprietary rights. You shall not, nor shall you cause any other party to modify, decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer, copy, transfer, create derivative works from, rent, sub-license, distribute, reproduce framed, republish, scrape, download, display, transmit, post, lease or sell in any form or by any means, in whole or in part, use for any purpose other than for using the Website pursuant to these Terms or otherwise exploit any of the Website Materials without The Israeli Investors Forum's explicit, prior written consent. All other uses of copyrighted or trade mark material, including any derivative use, require explicit, prior written consent from The Israeli Investors Forum. Any reproduction or redistribution of materials not in accordance with these Terms is explicitly prohibited and may result in severe civil and criminal penalties.

The Israeli Investors Forum and/or its licensors and affiliates own all right, title, and interest, including copyrights and other intellectual property rights, in and to all the Website Materials. You hereby acknowledge that you do not acquire any ownership rights by using the Website or by accessing any of the Website Materials, or rights to any derivative works thereof.

Feedback

If you send or transmit any communications, comments, questions, suggestions, or related materials regarding the Website, whether by email or otherwise (collectively, "Feedback"), such Feedback is, and will be treated as, non-confidential and non-proprietary. You hereby assign all right, title, and interest in, and The Israeli Investors Forum is free to use, without any attribution or compensation to you, any and all Feedback for any purpose whatsoever. You understand and agree that The Israeli Investors Forum is not obligated to use, display, reproduce, or distribute any such ideas, know-how, concepts, or techniques contained in the Feedback, and you have no right to compel such use, display, reproduction, or distribution.

Privacy

Matters related to privacy are also governed by The Israeli Investors Forum’s Privacy Policy, available here {. . .} (the “Privacy Policy”), which constitutes an integral part of these Terms by way of reference, and by using or accessing the Website you agree to be bound by its terms and conditions. Unless the context otherwise requires, all reference herein to these Terms, shall also include the Privacy Policy. We advise you to carefully read the Privacy Policy.

Disclaimers; Limitation of Liability; Indemnification

You acknowledge and agree that your use of or access to the Website and/or any materials and/or services, if any, offered by The Israeli Investors Forum shall be at your sole risk. The Website is provided on an “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” basis. You are solely responsible for any and all acts or omissions made by you in reliance on the Website or any part thereof. To the fullest extent permitted by law, The Israeli Investors Forum, its officers, directors, employees, and agents disclaim all warranties, explicit or implied, in connection with the Website and your use thereof including implied warranties of merchantability, title, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement, usefulness, authority, accuracy, completeness, and timeliness.

You agree that your use of the Website shall be at your sole risk. The Israeli Investors Forum makes no warranties or representations about the accuracy or completeness of the content of the Website, of the content of any sites linked to the Website, of any Third Party Materials and assumes no liability or responsibility for any:

Errors, mistakes, inaccuracies, non-suitability or non-conformity of any content;
Direct, indirect, special, incidental, punitive or consequential damages including without derogating personal injury, property damages and/or monetary damages, of any nature whatsoever, arising out of the use of or the inability to use the Website;
Any unauthorized access to or use of Third Party Materials, secure servers and/or any and all personal information and/or financial information stored therein;
Any interruption or cessation of transmission to or from the Website;
Any bugs, viruses, Trojan horses, or the like which may be transmitted to or through the Website by any third party; or
Any errors or omissions in any content or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any content posted, e-mailed, transmitted, or otherwise made available via the Website.

WITHOUT DEROGATING FROM THE ABOVEMENTIONED, IN NO EVENT WILLThe Israeli Investors Forum, ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AGENTS, CONTRACTORS, PARTNERS, CONSULTANTS AND/OR EMPLOYEES, BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PERSON FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING ANY LOST PROFITS OR LOST DATA ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE OR OTHER MATERIALS ON, ACCESSED THROUGH OR DOWNLOADED FROM THE WEBSITE, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT The Israeli Investors Forum HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF THESE DAMAGES. THE FOREGOING LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SHALL APPLY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW IN THE APPLICABLE JURISDICTION. YOU SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT The Israeli Investors Forum SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY USER SUBMISSIONS AND/OR DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE AND/OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT BY ANY THIRD PARTY, AND THAT THE RISK OF HARM OR DAMAGE FROM AND/OR ASSOCIATED WITH THE FOREGOING RESTS ENTIRELY WITH YOU. The Israeli Investors Forum’S LIABILITY FOR ANY DAMAGES OR CLAIMS OF ANY KIND, SHALL NOT EXCEED US$ 1.

The security of information and payments transmitted via the Internet cannot be guaranteed. Any losses incurred or sustained by you as a result of transmitting information by means of email or other internet links, shall be borne solely and exclusively by you, and in no event, shall any such losses be borne, in whole or part, by The Israeli Investors Forum.

You agree to indemnify and hold The Israeli Investors Forum, and each of its directors, officers, agents, contractors, partners and employees, harmless from and against any loss, liability, claim, demand, damages, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees, arising out of or in connection with any of the following:

Your use of and access to the Website;
Your violation of any term of these Terms;
Your violation of any third party right, including without limitation any copyright, property, or privacy right;
Any claim that any user submission made by you has caused damage to a third party; or
Any User Content you post or share on or through the Website.

Notices

Notices to you may be made via the Website and/or e-mail. The Israeli Investors Forum may also provide notices of changes to these Terms or other matters by displaying notices or links to notices to you generally on the Website. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and any other communications that The Israeli Investors Forum provide as aforementioned satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.

General

By using or visiting the Website, you agree that the laws of the State of Israel, without regard to principles of conflict of laws and regardless of your location, will govern these Terms and any dispute of any sort that might arise between you and The Israeli Investors Forum. Any claim or dispute between you and The Israeli Investors Forum that arises in whole or in part from your use of the Website shall be decided exclusively by a court of competent jurisdiction located in Tel-Aviv, Israel, to the exclusion of any other courts, and you hereby consent to, and waive all defenses of lack of personal jurisdiction and forum non-convenience with respect to venue and jurisdiction in the courts of Tel-Aviv, Israel. The Israeli Investors Forum reserves the right to amend these Terms at any time and without notice, and it is your responsibility to review these Terms regularly for any changes. Your use of the Website following any amendment of these Terms will signify your assent to and acceptance of its revised terms. YOU AND The Israeli Investors Forum AGREE THAT ANY CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE WEBSITE MUST COMMENCE WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES. OTHERWISE, SUCH CAUSE OF ACTION IS PERMANENTLY BARRED.

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